Workhouse Girl

A gritty and heartwarming clogs and shawls saga set in a Liverpool workhouse - perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Maggie Hope.

Holly Green writes historical sagas about love and war, and her books are inspired by the stories she heard from her parents when she was a child. Her father was a professional singer with a fine baritone voice and her mother was a dancer, but they had to give up their professions at the outbreak of World War II. 
 
Holly is from Liverpool and is a trained actress and teacher – her claim to fame being that she gave Daniel Craig his first acting experience! 
 
Holly is married and enjoys spending time with her two delightful grandchildren.

Can she escape her past? 
 
Patty Jenkins has come a long way from her poverty-stricken days in Brownlow workhouse. 
 
She now has a coveted position in the kitchens at Freeman's Department store in Liverpool and even the prospect of advancement. For Patty has always enjoyed baking and her flair for it has caught the attention of the store owner who intends to have her create elaborate cakes and pastries to serve at afternoon tea to Freeman's clientele. 
 
But when you're a workhouse girl you can never quite forgive your past and when you've fallen on hard times before, you're always aware how easy it is to lose everything...

A moving and emotional historical novel

Frontline Nurses On Duty

A gripping World War One saga, perfect for fans of Margaret Dickinson's The Poppy Girls and Lizzie Page's The War Nurses

Holly Green writes historical sagas about love and war, and her books are inspired by the stories she heard from her parents when she was a child. Her father was a professional singer with a fine baritone voice and her mother was a dancer, but they hd to give up their professions at the outbreak of World War II. 
 
Holly is from Liverpool and is a trained actress and teacher - her claim to fame being that she gave Daniel Craig his first acting experience! 
 
Holly is married, and enjoys spending time with her two delightful grandchildren.

Can they do their bit for the war effort? 
 
A gripping historical saga based on a true story, following wartime nurses during the First World War. Perfect for fans of Lizzie Page’s The War Nurses, Donna Douglas’s The Nightingale Nurses and Margaret Dickinson’s The Poppy Girls. 
 
When war is declared in 1914, Leonora Malham Brown and her best friend Victoria, head to Calais to volunteer with the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. But Leonora is torn between doing her duty and love. Determined to see her sweetheart, Colonel Malkovic, again she soon decides to return to the Front. 
 
Leonora quickly loses hope of ever finding Sasha as she gets caught up in the chaos of the battlefields. Finding herself alone and in danger, she must use all her nursing training if she is to return home safely… 
 
A moving emotional wartime saga about brave nurses on the battlefield, based on an amazing true story. 
 
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Make sure you've read all the books in the Frontline Nurses series: 
1. Frontline Nurses 
2. Frontline Nurses On Duty 
3. Secrets of the Frontline Nurses 
 
And don't miss Holly Green's new series set in a Liverpool Workhouse: 
1. Workhouse Orphans 
2. Workhouse Angel 
3. Workhouse Nightingale 
4. Workhouse Girl

Workhouse Nightingale

A heartwarming and gritty clogs and shawls saga about an orphan in a Liverpool workhouse dreaming of making a better life for herself - perfect for fans of Maggie Hope and Dilly Court.

Can this orphan ever fulfil her nursing dreams...? 
 
After her mother's death, Dora is sent to live with her father and his other family. But the fact that Dora is mixed race and illegitimate see her treated as little more than a servant by her step-mother and half siblings. This doesn't stop the son of the house abusing his position and Dora finds herself on the streets and pregnant... 
 
Sent to the local workhouse, Dora's future looks bleak but she still dreams of a better life where she can help others as her late mother did with her herbal remedies. But can a girl from a workhouse ever achieve anything, let alone become one of Florence Nightingale's nurses? 
 
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Make sure you've read all the books in the Workhouse series: 
1. Workhouse Orphans 
2. Workhouse Angel 
3. Workhouse Nightingale 
4. Workhouse Girl 
 
And don't miss Holly Green's new series about wartime nurses: 
1. Frontline Nurses 
2. Frontline Nurses On Duty 
3. Secrets of the Frontline Nurses

A gripping and emotional wartime saga

Frontline Nurses

A heartwarming wartime saga perfect for fans of Margaret Dickinson's The Poppy Girls

Can she follow her heart while doing her duty? 
 
A heartwarming saga following nurses during the First World War. Perfect for fans of Donna Douglas's A Nightingale Christmas Promise, Lizzie Page's The War Nurses and Margaret Dickinson's The Poppy Girls. 
 
After training with the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, Leonora Malham Brown sets off to Europe with her new friend, Victoria, determined to do her bit for the war effort. 
 
The battlefield is a difficult place for a woman so Leonora cuts her hair short and swaps her skirts for trousers in order to better cope with the demanding duties of a frontline nurse. But concealing her true identity becomes more complicated when she meets the dashing Colonel Malkovic. 
 
Torn between keeping her secret and their blossoming friendship, Leonora must choose between her duty and her heart... 
 
A moving emotional wartime saga about brave nurses on the battlefield, based on an amazing true story. 
 
 
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Make sure you've read all the books in the Frontline Nurses series: 
1. Frontline Nurses 
2. Frontline Nurses On Duty 
3. Secrets of the Frontline Nurses 
 
And don't miss Holly Green's new series set in a Liverpool Workhouse: 
1. Workhouse Orphans 
2. Workhouse Angel 
3. Workhouse Nightingale 
4. Workhouse Girl

Workhouse Angel

A gritty, heartwarming saga perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Maggie Hope

Will she ever be reunited with her real father? 
 
A gritty, heartwarming saga perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Rosie Goodwin 
 
Angelina was abandoned on the doorsteps of Brownlow Workhouse when she was just a baby – her only possession the rag doll she held in her arms. 
 
Nicknamed 'Angel' for her golden curls, she is adopted by Mr and Mrs McBride. At first Angel is so happy to have found a caring family to save her from the drudgery of the workhouse. But her new parents are not the benevolent guardians they first appear. 
 
Angel has lost all hope when she discovers that a man has visited the workhouse, looking for the baby girl he was forced to give up. A girl who isn't an orphan after all... 
 
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Make sure you've read all the books in the Workhouse series: 
1. Workhouse Orphans 
2. Workhouse Angel 
3. Workhouse Nightingale 
4. Workhouse Girl 
 
And don't miss Holly Green's new series about wartime nurses: 
1. Frontline Nurses 
2. Frontline Nurses On Duty 
3. Secrets of the Frontline Nurses

Workhouse Orphans

A gritty, heartwarming family saga perfect for fans of Maggie Hope and Dilly Court

A gritty, heartwarming family saga for fans of Dilly Court, Sheila Newberry and Maggie Hope. 
 
All they have left is each other... 
 
Life has always been tough for May and Gus Lavender. Their father went away to sea never to return, and then their mother falls victim to the typhus sweeping through Liverpool. Regarded as orphans by the authorities, May and Gus are sent to the Brownlow Hill Workhouse. 
 
Like all workhouses, Brownlow is the last resort for the poor and the destitute. May and Gus will have to rely on each other more than ever if they are to survive the hardships to come... 
 
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Make sure you've read all the books in the Workhouse series: 
1. Workhouse Orphans 
2. Workhouse Angel 
3. Workhouse Nightingale 
4. Workhouse Girl 
 
And don't miss Holly Green's new series about wartime nurses: 
1. Frontline Nurses 
2. Frontline Nurses On Duty 
3. Secrets of the Frontline Nurses

Holly Green

A gripping and moving historical wartime saga

When war comes, friendship will see them through the tough times 
 
As the First World War rages on, Leonora has been separated from best friend Victoria as they both do their bit for the war effort by volunteering for the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. Despite the hardships of war, Leonora is delighted to be reunited with her sweetheart Colonel Malkovic. 
 
But her happiness is short-lived when she falls pregnant. When she finally plucks up the courage to tell him the news, tragedy strikes and he is reported missing in action. Leonora is forced to give birth on the battlefield and leave her baby behind, returning to England heartbroken and alone. In the toughest of times, she will need the support of her closest friends to get through. Can Leonora find happiness when the country is still at war? 
 
A moving emotional wartime saga about brave nurses on the battlefield, based on an amazing true story. 
 
________________________________ 
 
Make sure you've read all the books in the Frontline Nurses series: 
1. Frontline Nurses 
2. Frontline Nurses On Duty 
3. Secrets of the Frontline Nurses 
 
And don't miss Holly Green's new series set in a Liverpool Workhouse: 
1. Workhouse Orphans 
2. Workhouse Angel 
3. Workhouse Nightingale 
4. Workhouse Girl

Secrets of the Frontline Nurses

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